Sabina Yapparova, by Nikolay Krusser.
Nightmare Ballet - Yuki Kajiura
This entire soundtrack gives me goosebumps, gahhh I love the movie so much.
“but that aborted baby could have cured cancer!”
so could have the person who had to give up studies because of an unwanted pregnancy
so could have the person who died while giving birth
so could have the person who killed themselves because of bullying
so could have the person who died from an illegal abortion
so could have the person pressured into not following their dreams
so could have millions of kids without homes, if given a chance
i dont see you defending them
fuck you
Anonymous asked:
balletwarrior answered:
unfortunately, there are a lot. the ballet world has a history of not hiring and/or not promoting dancers of color. a lot of dancers of color have been rejected based on “body type” reasons which is a terrible and racist excuse. more dancers of color have been asked to drastically change their bodies to even be considered for casting. institutionalized racism runs rampant in the ballet world.
racism is RUNNING RAMPANT in the ballet world and these are only a few examples. and unfortunately the ballet community on tumblr tends to ignore this- blindly pretending that racism isnt present in ballet, or ignoring when these cases are brought to our attention. i know that i have inadvertently done this as well, contributing to the silencing of the voices of dancers of color.
the fact that diversity has taken this long to start to take roots is terrible. in hundreds of years of ballet history, it has taken until the end of the twentieth century for us to see any progress towards racial equality. the civil rights movement took place in the 60s, and it has taken us even longer in the ballet world to recognize it.
we NEED more dancers of color. we need more dancers of color to be promoted and given the ranks they DESERVE. we need to recognize their experiences and encourage diversification in our art form.
if this is not enough examples for you that racist is very, very present in the ballet world, is suggest you take off your glasses and actually look at the stark reality here. this isnt even all of the examples. i
could go through every major ballet company’s roster and find very
similar results. i apologize if i have left anything very important out,
but please feel free to add. dancers names are in italics and there are links to the articles in which i found this information.
in 2017 i want a ballet anime with an all female cast that’s treated like a legitimate sports anime and the two female main characters fall in love
IT CAN BE CALLED ON POINTE!! BECAUSE OF THE SHOES THEY WEAR.
WE NEED THIS! AND WE NEED IT NOW!!!
*sees a straight couple* so who’s the punk and who does ballet?